Nat's "YUMMY" Syrup

Submitted by Cheryl R.


Ingredients:
1 1/2 cup sugar
3/4 cup butter
2 Tbl Karo syrup
3/4 cup buttermilk (or 3/4 cup milk with 1 Tbl lemon juice. mix and let sit for a few minutes)
1 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. vanilla (added at the end)
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Mix everything (but vanilla) and bring to a boil.
Simmer for 7 minutes on med/med low heat
Add the vanilla while it is cooling
(can store in fridge up to one month to reheat)

Pumpkin Gingerbread

Ingredients

2 cups sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs
2/3 cup water
1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
2 teaspoons ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground allspice
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground cloves
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease two 9x5 inch loaf pans.

In a mixer, combine sugar, oil and eggs; beat until smooth. Add water and beat until well blended. Stir in pumpkin, ginger, allspice cinnamon, and cloves.

In medium bowl, combine flour, soda, salt, and baking powder. Add dry ingredients to pumpkin mixture and blend just until all ingredients are mixed. Divide batter between prepared pans.

Bake in preheated oven until toothpick comes out clean, about 1 hour.

Technology Class

Join us on October 19th at 6:30 p.m. at the church for a class on the latest technology.  We will be discussing things such as Social Networking, (blogs, twitter, facebook), how to access the ward website, our own Relief Society blog, how to use cell phones for texting and camera phones, etc.  This should be an informative night for everyone.  If you are technology savvy, please come and give your input and ideas of how to best use the technology out there.  If you are afraid of  the technology that's out there, please come with your questions and concerns.  Hopefully this will be a night of insight and learning for all of us!  We hope to see you there!
Refreshments will be served.